background: we presumed that the surgeon himself has an impact on the results after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) as there is no unique protocol for the discharge of post-operative cardiac patients at our institution. therefore, we examined whether the surgeon himself has an impact on the intensive care unit (icu) stay of isolated cabg patients. methods: we prospectively studied a tota...

background: left ventricular dysfunction is one of the most powerful predictors of early and late outcomes in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). the aim of this study was to assess the early results of cabg that predict 30-day mortality and prolonged length of hospital stay (los) after cabg in patients with an ejection fraction (ef) of 30% or less. methods: seven hundr...

background: cardiac rehabilitation is known as a powerful non-pharmacological approach for improving functional capacity, and left ventricular systolic function; however, some limited data have suggested an attenuation of the decline in diastolic function with this program. this study investigated the effect of high intensity aerobic exercise following coronary artery bypass surgery (cabg) on d...

conclusions selenium can alleviate i/r injury in short time. further well-planned trials are needed to find the optimized administration method to achieve the most beneficial effects to the patients. background in patients with coronary artery stenosis, coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg) is the most effective strategy to limit infarct size and improving outcomes. however, the rapid res...

introduction: an attack of acute myocardial infarction (mi) poses the threat of great damage to cardiac tissue. operative therapeutic modalities such as coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) may enhance myocardial perfusion in high-grade coronary vasculature occlusions. it has been shown previously that low-level laser therapy (lllt) significantly reduces infarct size following induction of my...

background there have been many concerns about alteration in hemodynamic parameters within and shortly after endotracheal intubation (eti) in patients scheduled for elective coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). objectives we compared the attenuation effect of magnesium sulfate and lidocaine on hemodynamic responses after eti, in patients undergoing cabg. patients and methods in this randomiz...

conclusions music therapy is effective in decreasing anxiety among patients undergoing cabg. however, the intervention was not effective on cardiovascular indices. music can effectively be used as a non-pharmacological method to manage anxiety after cabg. results compared to the immediately before intervention, the mean anxiety scores immediately after and 30 minutes after the intervention were...

a varieties of medications have been suggested to prevent hemodynamic instabilities following laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation. this study was conducted to determine the beneficial effects of gabapentin on preventing hemodynamic instabilities associated with intubation in patients who were a candidate for coronary artery bypass surgery (cabg). this double blinded randomized, parallel gr...

 Introduction: Prevalence of stroke following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is % 2.1-5.2 and associated with high mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of carotid artery disease in patients undergoing CABG surgery.  Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in the years 2010-2011 on 192 patients who underwent open heart surgery (CABG) in...

BACKGROUND Women <50 years of age with coronary artery disease may represent a group at higher risk for recurrent ischemic events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); however, no long-term, multicenter outcomes assessment exists in this population. METHODS AND RESULTS Using the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry, we evaluated the association of sex and age o...